John McDonald papers 1890-1999 1945-1997

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John McDonald papers 1890-1999 1945-1997

The John McDonald Papers consist of correspondence,manuscripts, and research materials related to McDonald's published writings onthe practice and history of American business, management, game theory, andfishing. Also in the collection are files of his personal correspondence,papers documenting his political, social, and professional involvements, andmaterial collected for works of fiction and non-fiction planned but neverwritten.

55 boxes (incl. 9 oversize boxes); 45.96 linear feet

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Stevens, Catharine

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Donovan, Hedley W. 1914-

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Publishing executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Hedley William Donovan : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527427 ...

Little, Carly

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Buchler, Ira R., 1938-

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Chambers, Whittaker

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McDonald, Christie, 1942-....

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Harsanyi, John C.

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Marston, R. L.

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Matson, Harold, 1898-1988

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Brams, Steven J.

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Hill, John T.

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Duggan, Alfred, 1903-1964

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McDonald, John, 1906-1998

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John Dennis McDonald (1906-1998), a writer, editor, business historian, fisherman, and horse racing enthusiast, was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, earning two degrees, an AB (1928) and MA (1931), in literature. He moved to New York in 1932 and became involved with political causes including the American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky, which resulted in his work on Trotsky's administrative staff during the Dewey Commission's hearings in Me...

Morgenstern, Oskar, 1902-1977

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Economist, university professor, and author in Austria and U.S. Born Carl Friedrich Alfred Oskar Morgenstern in Germany. From the description of Papers, 1893-1987 (bulk 1917-1977). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 23857948 ...

McPherson, John C. (John Chester), 1885-1971

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Shubik, Martin

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Martin Shubik has been on the Yale faculty since 1963 and is Seymour H. Knox Professor of Mathematical Institutional Economics. He has served as a consultant to major corporations and is the author of a dozen books and hundreds of articles. From the description of Papers, 1954-1988. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 757820346 Noted economist and professor at Yale University. From the description of Papers, 1947-1993 (bulk 1960-1993). (Duke University Libra...

Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966

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Berners, Juliana, 1388?-

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Mood, Alexander McFarlane, 1913-....

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Alexander McFarlane Mood graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. (1934) in physics and received his Ph.D. (1940) from Princeton University in mathematics. Mood was a statistical consultant and professor for many years and received several awards for his work with statistics. This work included assessments of education and public policy research, operations research, and systems analysis. Following his education, he taught at several prominent universities, including the University of ...

Chambers, Whittaker

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McDonald, Christie, 1942-

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Kuhn, Sherman M. (Sherman McAllister), 1907-1991

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Hackle, Sparse Grey, 1892-

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"Sparse Grey Hackle" was the pen name of Alfred W. Miller, Wall Street Journal reporter and stockholder relations counsel. He wrote nationally syndicated rod and gun columns and contributed to Sports Illustrated and Outdoor Life. From the description of Selected papers of Sparse Grey Hackle, 1765-1954. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 80619890 ...

Von Neumann, Klara Dan

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Clark, Eleanor, 1913-1996

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Eleanor Clark (1913-1996), author of novels and non-fiction works, as well as short fiction, essays, poems, and plays. Novels include Bitter Box (1946), Baldur's Gate (1970), Gloria Mundi (1979), and Camping Out (1986). Non-fiction works include the travel narratives Rome and a Villa (1952), Oysters of Locmariaquer (1964), and Tamrart: 13 Days in the Sahara (1985), and the memoir Eyes, Etc. (1977). From the description of Eleanor Clark papers, 1876-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994

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Illustrator and satiric artist; Salisbury, Conn. Died 1994. From the description of Robert C. Osborn photographs, 1928-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502619 Robert Osborn (1904-1994) was an illustrator and painter of Salisbury, Conn. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Chesley Osborn, 1974 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477514 Illustrator, painter; Salisbury, Conn. Died 1994. From the description of...

Marston, Robert Bright, 1853-1927

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Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957

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John (Johann) Louis von Neumann (1903-1957) was born in Budapest and showed early signs of being a child prodigy. He entered the University of Budapest in 1921, but also attended the University of Berlin and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology before obtaining a degree in chemical engineering in 1925. He earned his Doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Budapest in 1927. After graduation, he worked at the University of Berlin before becoming a visiting professor to Princeton from ...

Cross, Reuben R.

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Webster, Dwight

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Solow, Herbert, 1903-1964

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American journalist; editor, Fortune magazine, 1945-1964. From the description of Herbert Solow papers, 1924-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872528 Biographical Note 1903, November 20 born, New York City 1924 Bachelor of Arts (Phi Beta Kappa), Columbia College ...

Hill, John T.

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Slesinger, Donald, 1897-1977

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Rand corporation

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Tukey, John Wilder, 1915-

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Topologist. From the description of Oral history interview with John Wilder Tukey, 1984 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154352847 From the description of Oral history interview with John Wilder Tukey, 1984 Apr. 11. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63309558 One of the most influential statisticians of the twentieth century, John Wilder Tukey (1915-2000) played a key role in both the development and study of statistics. ...

Solow, Sylvia Salmi, 1909-1977

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Little, Carl

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Eisner, Dorothy

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Painter; New York City. Born 1906. From the description of Dorothy Eisner papers, 1934-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455681 Dorothy Eisner (1906-1984) was an American artist whose career spanned more than five decades. She was born and raised in New York, and studied at the Art Students League, briefly in France, and with Jack Tworkov. With the exception of three years, Eisner resided and had painting studios in the Greenwich Village section of New Yor...

Littlechild, Stephen C.

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Paxson, Edwin W.

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Buchler, Ira R.

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Gordon, Theodore, 1854-1915

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McDonnell, Mary (Mary G.)

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Wald, Alan M., 1946-....

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Wulff, Lee

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Lucas, William F., 1933-....

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Atherton, John, 1900-1952

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B. 1900 d. 1952. From the description of John Atherton artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432481 ...

Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made Against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials, New York, 1937.

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The Dewey Commission (officially the "Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials") was initiated in March 1937 by the "American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky." It was named after its Chairman, John Dewey. Trotsky was defended by the lawyer Albert Goldman. The commission cleared Trotsky of all charges made during the Moscow Trials and, moreover, exposed the scale of the frame-up of all other defendants during these trials. The Dewey Commissio...

Heddon, Jack

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Chandler, Alfred D. (Alfred Dupont), 1918-2007

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Stevens, Catharine

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Bailey, Dan, 1904-1982

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American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky

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Steenrod, Roy, 1882-1977

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Miller, Joan McDonald, 1929-

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American Film Center

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Von Kienbusch, Carl Otto Kretzschmar, 1884-1976

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Paley, William S. (William Samuel), 1901-1990

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William S. Paley was President of CBS. From the guide to the William S. Paley Letters, 1936, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) William S. Paley was born on September 28, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 1922. He worked for his father in the family cigar-making business, Congress Cigar Company, 1922 to 1928. He was a founder of United Independent Broadcasters (lat...

Donovan, Hedley.

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Hedley Williams Donovan was born on May 24, 1914 in Brainerd, Minnesota. He received an A.B. from the University of Minnesota in 1934, and he received a B.A. in 1936 as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University. He was a reporter for the Washington Post from 1937 to 1942. From 1945 to 1951 he was a writer and editor for Fortune magazine in New York City; from 1951 to 1953 he was associate managing editor for Fortune; and from 1953 to 1959 he was managing editor for Fortune magazine. He served as edi...

Storey, Isabelle, 1933-

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Bergman, Ray, 1891-1967

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Shapley, Lloyd S., 1923-....

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Evans, Walker, 1903-1975

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Walker Evans (1903-1975) was a photographer. From the description of Oral history interview with Walker Evans, 1971 Oct. 13-Dec. 23 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595155 Photographer and professor at Yale; best known for documenting the people and conditions of the southern United States during the Great Depression. From the description of Walker Evans photographs, 1935-1936. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 55636072 P...

Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989

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Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), first poet laureate of the United States, was a poet, writer of fiction, and co-author with Cleanth Brooks of influential textbooks on literature. He won Pulitzer Prizes for All the King's Men (1946) and for volumes of poetry, Promises (1958) and Now and Then (1979). From the description of Robert Penn Warren papers, 1906-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132948 Robert Penn Warren served on the faculty of Louisiana State University, Dept...

League of Professional Groups for Foster and Ford

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Skues, G. E. M. (George Edward Mackenzie)

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Slesinger, Tess, 1905-1945

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Marston, R. L.

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Matson, Harold, 1898-

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Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940

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Lev Davidovich Bronstein[a] (7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1879 – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Ukrainian revolutionary, political theorist and politician. Ideologically a communist, he developed a variant of Marxism known as Trotskyism. Born to a wealthy Ukrainian-Jewish family in Yanovka (now Bereslavka), Trotsky embraced Marxism after moving to Nikolayev in 1896. In 1898, he was arrested for revolutionary activities and subsequently exiled to Siberia. He escaped from ...

Brams, Steven J.

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Harsanyi, John C.

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General motors corporation

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Heart Club of the City of New York

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Cornwall, Richard R.

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